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WEST INDIES MARITIME MAIL - THE FALMOUTH PACKET
A wrapper addressed to London back stamped by a straight line Nevis (Type PF) on 20th
March 1808. It was rated as a triple letter with 6/- to pay (3/3d packet and 2/9d inland, the rate
effective from 1805). The cover was back stamped in London on 28th April, a fast transit of 39
days.
A wrapper from Grenada back stamped with a dated S.L. hand stamp on 9th February 1836.
In Falmouth it was charged 2/2d (l/3d packet and lid inland to London). Here it was back
stamped on 30* March, a transit of 49 days.
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